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7 Sandringham Road, Widnes
Cheshire WA8 9HD
United Kingdom
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The John Shone Collection A Tradition Of Excellence Specialist in the buying, selling and renovation of fine antique grandfather clocks for over 30 years
JOHN SHONE'S LAMP (A little beauty from the grandfather/longcase/tallcase clocks man) (January 2002)
When I was a kid I wasn't very tall
In fact I was small not very tall at all
But in my heart I knew I was a champ
'Cos outside our house stood the Old Gas Lamp
Got picked on by the bigger kids and often got a clout
Did as I was told me, never had much of a shout
But I knew my spirit they'd never damp
When I had the main prize, the Old Gas Lamp.
I'd throw tyres over the top and swing on it with a rope
Use it as a maypole and wash it down with soap
And when night time fell all the kids would camp
under the glow of the Old Gas Lamp
And when we warred with other mobs and horrible names did call
To be rewarded by a clout on the head from big kids ten feet tall
When the battle was over, off we'd tramp and negotiate peace under the
Old Gas Lamp
It was not a thing to glory at standing in the street
with graffiti all around it and the smell of a big dog's feet
but I'll still remember when I'm old with cramp the pleasure I got from JOHN SHONE'S LAMP
